Vacancies in to Service: Examinations Set for April
Charles I Munger of the civil service office reports Washington has announced April exams for posts including postal clerk in the Isthmian canal service with $100 monthly, examiner of surveys $1200 to $1500 yearly, field matron in Indian service $600 to $800, fossil preparator $900, dairyman $1200, grazing assistant $1200, junior engineer in water resources $1000 to $1200, laboratory assistant in paper and textiles $900 to $1200, assistant photographer $840 to $1200, and junior library assistant $604 to $900. Additional tests for assistant observer in the Weather Bureau, pathologist in general diseases, and trained nurse are on April 9, 21, and 9 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I. Munger
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Indian Service
Bureau of Animal Industry
Geological Survey
United States Weather Bureau
Shorty Heads the Bill at the Majestic Vaudeville
At the Majestic opening today Dick Crosius the prince of slang leads the bill in the comedy Shorty. The Five Indanas Troupe female gymnasts perform an extraordinary athletic act. ONeill and Worsley the Lightning Bugs provide song and humor. Raymond and Hess with original talk and songs. Ben Cox the comedian closes the bill. A Broken Idol comes Monday for a three day engagement. The company totals 20 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Crosius
Shorty
Crosius
Indanias
O'Neill
Worsley
Raymond
Hess
Ben Cox
Cedar Falls Sanitary Club Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Cedar Falls Sanitary Club outline its aim to advance sanitation, promote sanitary laws and enforcement, improve plumbing, educate members in sanitation, and foster relations among plumbers, journeymen, and suppliers. Directors managing affairs until the annual meeting are T. C. Christensen chairman FR B Gram F. Rammer and L. M. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls Sanitary Club
T. C. Christensen
FR. B. Gram
F. ©. Rammer
L. M. Smith
Nelson cow sets county milk record at 100 pounds
Waverly Iowa March 27 A Bremer county record for milk quantity was set by a cow owned by C A Nelson. The animal produced 100 pounds of lacteal fluid on Tuesday marking a new county milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Bremer County
C. A. Nelson
Know How to Feed Children for Better Health
A letter touts predigested Grape-Nuts cereal as a cure for stomach distress and nervous symptoms. It claims undigested food poisons the system, praises tests showing improved vigor in a daughter, and promotes Postum Co. as the source with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimes
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Kgs
Inman
Man of Silence Jamala Mehmet Haunts Waterloo Trial
Jamala Mehmet, 34, brother of slain Turkish flagman Selem Mehmet, expressed grief in court with tears and prayers to Allah. The Turk, called the man of silence, faced hostility from Greeks and Americans, while he and his guards kept to their hotel room, recalling Macedonia as the murder case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamala Mehmet
Allah
Gust Bekiares
Janila Mehmet
Selem Mehmet
Jamala
Dunkerton
Big Cut
Macedonia
Slyin
Gust Bekiures
Jamulu Mehmet
Ottoman Empire
Jamain
Mohmmedan
Hage Emen
Two Victims Die as Iowa Tornado Strikes Council Bluffs
Two more deaths increase Iowa tornado toll in Council Bluffs area to 25. Mr and Mrs J L Vinson, aged 70 and 72, were killed driving home after Easter services when their carriage and horses were torn apart. Governor Clarke aides discuss relief, beds, food, and hospital support as the storm leaves debris and red brick dust across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
J. L. Vinson
Treynor
Here
Thomas Watters
George W. Clarke
Iowa
Watters
Lowa National Guard
Lincoln
Morehead
Clarke
Complication of Woman's Ills in Athens Texas
An Athens Texas reader reports relief from long standing female illnesses after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related guidance. The advertisement touts high success, cites testimonials, and invites confidential letters to the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saran R. Wyatley
RF. D
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Father John's Medicine Endorsed By Pained Mother
Vera Virginia Sites of Newark Ohio testifies that Father John’s Medicine cured her winter coughs and bronchial attack after weeks in bed. She urges mothers to use the remedy, praising its purity and lack of alcohol or dangerous drugs. Phones for orders via Carleton Hovey Company Lowell Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loti
John
Vera
Virginia
Newark
Ohio
Father Jotn
Father John
Carleton
Hovey Company
Lowell
Mass
Northwestern Interurban to Cedar Rapids Line Told
Passenger service will run between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids with freight yards on the city outskirts. Work on the Cedar Rapids line from Porte City will proceed when weather allows, aiming for a one hour and a hale schedule. A sleeper will be reserved in Waterloo until about midnight each day, then sent to Cedar Rapids and attached to the Chicago train. Chicago connections will be arranged with the Chicago & North Western for direct service to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freigh
Porte City
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Chicago
Waterloo
La Grippe Coughs Linked to Pneumonia Warned
Barnegat New Jersey postmaster R G Collins reports a severe La Grippe cough that exhausted him, claiming Foley's Honey and Tar Compound halted coughing spells completely. Advertisement notes availability through all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Collins
Barnegat
N. J
Foley
All Druggista
Enormous Real Estate Transfers Sweep Iowa Counties
Mason City Iowa March 27 F Cornell a former newspaper man now traveling reports in forty four counties that Iowa real estate transfers set a record with Greene County alone at 2 000 000 and overall about 876 000 000 changing hands since Jan 1 Most buyers were farmers occupying lands rather than speculating and strong last year crops spurred purchases across the region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Iowa
Licensed to Wed in Waterloo and Raymond Couples
Miles Brundige aged 28 Vera Baldwin aged 18 of Waterloo Nobert Heater aged 2h Verone Traidle aged 19 of Raymond seek marriage licenses in a local records brief noting parties and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Brundige
Vera
Baldwin
Waterloo
Nobert Heater
Verone Traidle
Raymond
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Sanitary Club Incorporated
Nelson
Mohammedan
Man OF
Silence
Tilimmel
Bie Creek
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
la Porte City
Marlon
Stineh
Naimsook
LACE
East Fourth Street
Johnny
Shredded Wheat Company
Niagara Falls,n.y
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